Truck driver apologizes for deadly 19-vehicle pile-up on C5-Ortigas flyover

The driver of a 10-wheeler truck apologized for the 19-vehicle pile-up on the C5-Ortigas flyover on Tuesday, which left a motorcycle rider dead.

"Sorry. pasensiya na. 'Di ko sinasadya," Juan Mirabuena Esteban said.

The driver surrendered to the police after the accident.

In an earlier radio report, the pile-up happened when the truck driven by Esteban lost its brakes while trying to turn out of a busy lane

The truck, carrying sacks of wheat skins, hit other vehicles including two to three motorcycles. One motorcycle rider died.

The incident happened at around 10:45 a.m.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced that the northbound side of the flyover is now passable.

MMDA UPDATE: Multiple collision at C5 Ortigas F/O NB, cleared as of 1:15 PM. All lanes passable. #mmda

— Official MMDA (@MMDA) July 25, 2017

—report from Tina Panganiban-Perez/Anna Felicia Bajo/ALG/KVD, GMA News